Dr. C. Reed Funk, world-renowned plant breeder, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend passed away on Oct 4, 2012, at the age of 84. He was born to Cyril and Hazel Funk on Sept 20, 1928, in Richmond, Utah, where he was raised on the family farm that he loved.

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Improving Perennial Plants for Food and Bioenergy (IPPFBE) is non-profit (501.c.3) corporation. We believe that there is great unexploited potential to develop perennial crops for the sus­tainable production of food and bioener­gy on marginal cropland, steep or sloping range, or on fragile soils—land that is currently unproductive. We are breeding many different types of trees, shrubs, and grasses in our research locations, selecting for high yield crops that are frost-resistant, drought-tolerant, and disease-resistant.